Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. C0187

Usage Rights:

Selected items in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers can be photoduplicated at the expense of the researcher requesting photoduplication. Advanced estimates and payment are required. For general information on photoduplication and permissions, go to http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc Requests to to reproduce, publish, or broadcast material from the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers should be addressed Public Services staff, rbsc@princeton.edu The correct form of citation includes the name of the collection, box and folder numbers, and an indication that the originals are in the "Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library." The manuscript of The Great Gatsby and other writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald are not to be quoted, published, reproduced, or broadcast without the written permission of the Princeton University Library as owner of the physical object, and of the Fitzgerald Literary Trust (copyright holder), c/o Harold Ober Associates, 425 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (Telephone: 212-759-8600; FAX: 212-759-9428). The Library is not responsible for copyright infringement or other legal problems resulting from unauthorized publication of the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

For legal and conservation reasons, access to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original manuscripts (including corrected galleys and scrapbooks) is strictly restricted. Scottie Fitzgerald Lanahan, daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald, donated the Fitzgerald Papers to the Princeton University Library in 1950, stipulating that surrogates of the original manuscripts were to be made available to researchers instead of the originals. This was done to preserve the originals, which are not on good paper. Originally, the surrogates were in the form of microfilm. A facsimile edition of The Great Gatsby autograph manuscript was published in 1973: The Great Gatsby: A Facsimile of the Manuscript, edited with an introduction by Matthew J. Bruccoli (Washington, D.C.: Microcard Editions Books, 1973). Facsimiles editions of other manuscripts of books and short stories followed a multi-volume series: F. Scott Fitzgerald Manuscripts, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli and Alan Margolies (New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1990). Complete sets of the facsimile edition are available at more than 50 research libraries (including Firestone Library). The present digital surrogates of The Great Gatsby manuscript and corrected galleys are part of this effort and are being put online, using digital watermarks, with the permission of the Fitzgerald Literary Trust (the Fitzgerald copyright holder), c/o Harold Ober Associates, the New York literary agency.